The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
Malawi president dissolves cabinet
Malawian president Peter Mutharika has dissolved his cabinet with immediate effect and transferred all ministerial powers, functions and responsibilities to the presidency, local media outfit The Nation newspaper reports. A 13th March 2020 statement from…
Sudan, Guinea confirms first COVID-19 case
Sudan and guinea have also recorded cases of the coronavirus pandemic bring the number of African countries infected to sixteen as at midday of March 13, 2020. The Guinean case was of a Belgian national…
World Football Summit in Africa rescheduled
In the light of the ‘COVID-19’ outbreak, which has been officially declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), we have been forced to take the difficult decision to postpone the celebration of…
Nigeria will never get better – Hushpuppi
Instagram big boy, Hushpuppi has reacted to dethronement of the Muhammadu Sanusi as the Emir of Kano, also noting that Nigeria will never get better. Sanusi was dethroned yesterday and sent on exile by the…
Morocco records first coronavirus death
The Ministry of Health in Morocco on Tuesday has said the country has recorded its first death linked to the new coronavirus, an 89-year-old woman who suffered from chronic health problems. The woman, a Moroccan…
Morocco, Hungary concur on water development
The Minister of Equipment in Morocco, Abdelkader Amara, is on an official visit to Budapest, Hungary, where he will discuss means to strengthen bilateral cooperation in water management and road infrastructure. The working visit began…
I am proudly Nigerian, Anthony Joshua tells Royal…
World Heavyweight Champion, Anthony Joshua has given a rousing speech in London in front of the Royal Family in which he spoke about his Yoruba roots and Nigerian heritage. He spoke on Monday night during…
Bus crash kills 29 people in Ghana.
Two buses caught fire after colliding in central Ghana, trapping passengers inside and killing at least 29 people early Monday, local government officials said. The buses collided in the Bono East area near Kintampo, Kintampo…
African countries condemn failed assassination of Sudan PM
Prime Minister of Sudan met with his cabinet on Monday after surviving a deadly assassination attempt. The alleged terrorist attack targeted Abdalla Hamdok’s convoy in the capital Khartoum, his senior adviser said. Faisal Mohamed Salih,…
Opportunities in the Continent of Africa
It would be remiss to paint the African continent with one brush as many countries are at varying stages of their macroeconomic and political cycles, according to Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity’s Danesh Ranchhod. He…
Egypt confirms Africa’s first CODVID-19-related death
Egypt confirmed the first fatality due to the coronavirus in the country – the first reported death on the continent. The health ministry confirmed the case involved a 60-year-old German citizen admitted to a public…
Rumours of Zimbabwe coup surfaces
Zimbabwe may be preparing for its second army-driven removal of a sitting president in the past two-and-a-half years. The meltdown in the country economy constitutes the biggest threat to Zanu PF’s continued hold on power,…
Business:Maltese company invests pharmaceutical lab
A Maltese company has invested in a pharmaceutical laboratory in Ghana that will be able to produce medicines in line with European standards. Chief Executive Officer of Evolve, Chris Busuttil was part of the latest…
Coronavirus, a global issue – IMF, Heads of…
The International Monetary Fund, (IMF) and World Bank Group on Wednesday announced other measures to curb the impact of the coronavirus on the world’s economy and health. “We know the disease is spreading quickly with…
Power outages are dragging South Africa back into…
Nationwide power cuts are blamed for pushing South Africa’s economy, the continent’s most industrialized, into recession, according to official statistics released Tuesday. The South African economy shrank by 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2019…
Professor Yusuf Karodia, named the person of the…
Professor Karodia, Founder of MANCOSA and of REGENT Business School, received the award for his contribution to education and the transmission of knowledge across Africa. During the ceremony, held on 29 February in Sandton, Johannesburg,…
World Bank update, a reminder of our plan…
For the first time, Uganda’s major external funding partner, the World Bank, in its 14th Uganda Economic Update, emphasised Social Protection programmes as an important policy tool for building resilience and supporting households to invest…
DR Congo ready to fight for COVID-19 –…
The Democratic Republic of Congo, which has already been facing an Ebola epidemic for more than a year, is preparing to face the coronavirus. Given the volume of its trade with China, one of its…
